Friends Row On After Teammate’s Death, Leaving One Seat Empty

By BY MARIA CRAMER from NYT Sports Charlie Hamlin, a former Olympic rower who dominated races well into his 70s, died in May. On Sunday, his longtime teammates plan to row the Head of the Charles Regatta with an empty seat in his memory.https://nyti.ms/3jxcoXT

The United States fails to medal in rowing for the first time since 1908.

By BY JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports Canada won the women’s eight.https://nyti.ms/3icrORh

A typhoon forecast roils the rowing schedule at the Olympics.

By BY MOTOKO RICH from NYT Sports Team U.S.A. said that the schedule was being adjusted because of an “inclement weather forecast.” Reports show that a storm could hit the Tokyo region on Tuesday.https://nyti.ms/3zw750A

Stanford, in Reversal, to Keep 11 Sports It Had Planned to Cut

By BY BILLY WITZ AND JULIET MACUR from NYT Sports The change of plans came within weeks of the teams potentially dissolving.https://nyti.ms/3uZr9WZ

Angela Madsen, Paralympian Rower, Dies on Solo Pacific Voyage at 60

By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT Sports With her legs paralyzed, she found freedom rowing across oceans. “It’s hopeless, it’s majestic, it’s exhilarating,” she said.https://nyti.ms/2ZrzUKT

7 Times Women in Sports Fought for Equality

By SARAH MERVOSH and CHRISTINA CARON from NYT Sports All 28 players on the U.S. women’s soccer team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit on Friday. They are the latest athletes to insist on equal treatment from their sport.https://nyti.ms/2tWwi4k